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Pastor Rocky Vasquez: A New Birth (John 3:1-10)
Rocky Vasquez, pastor of Calvary Lakeside Baptist Church in Duncanville, described butterflies as caterpillars that have been transformed. What people consider ugly, slimy and suitable for stepping on changes into something beautiful.
Jesus described something similar in his nighttime conversation with Nicodemus. The powerful, prestigious and pious Nicodemus was missing something in his life. Jesus said he needed to be born again.
Being born again is being made a new person. It goes beyond the externals of knowing the right answers and doing the right things. It is the internal work of the Holy Spirit initiated by God, Vasquez declared. The internal change makes itself known outwardly, he proclaimed.
This sermon was delivered July 10, 2022, for the morning worship service of Calvary Lakeside Baptist Church in Duncanville.
The sermon manuscript and slides are available here.
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